O’Shea Farms from Piltown, Co Kilkenny have joined forces with Meadowfresh Foods in Tallow, Co Waterford to market and supply fresh Irish chipping potatoes. This new partnership could see Ireland back producing significant volumes of chips for chip shops and distributors throughout the country.
According to T.J. O’Shea, director of O’Shea Farms, a lot of chip shops and restaurants want to use Irish-grown potatoes but have trouble sourcing them.
O’Shea Farms have a pool of over 40 growers throughout the country supplying potatoes to them for storage, packing and distribution. The partnership is in conjunction with the Potato Development Group, an industry body which aims to increase the volume of home-grown potatoes sold in Irish chip shops and restaurants.
Source: independent.ie
